Chapter Summaries

Yaen explained to Corazon that the Revolutionary Army would use Wano Country as a way to draw the World Government’s attention while preparing its forces for a broader conflict. After discussing Dragon’s role and Yamato’s possible importance, Yaen began considering how to use her to balance the situation in Wano Country.

• Yaen told Corazon that Wano Country’s Seastone resources and isolation made it both bait for the World Government and a training ground for Revolutionary Army soldiers.
• Yaen explained that the Revolutionary Army needed to emerge openly while making social changes among the sea’s lower classes appear spontaneous and guided by the Lian Merchant Association.
• Yaen said Dragon’s vicious public image would help limit the World Government’s wariness, and proposed presenting him as a replacement Yonko.
• Corazon asked whether he should intervene as Yamato prepared to fight Dragon, and wondered where Kaido’s powerful daughter had come from.
• Yaen learned that Yamato opposed Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi and supported Wano Country’s people, then began considering how she could help balance the situation.

Dragon fought Yamato in the Flower Capital and blasted her away from the battle with Dragon's Wind Blast. Yamato landed on a distant beach, where she found an unconscious stranger wearing a cloak marked “Zen.”

• Yamato challenged Dragon and attacked him with her kanabo, while a silent message reached Dragon’s ears.
• Dragon fought Yamato across the Flower Capital plaza and judged her powerful but not yet strong enough to challenge him.
• Dragon struck Yamato into the air and launched Dragon's Wind Blast, but a massive scythe intercepted the attack and unleashed a storm.
• The storm carried Yamato far from the Flower Capital, and she vowed to return and take Wano Country back.
• Yamato landed on a distant beach and found an unconscious man in unfamiliar clothes with “Zen” written on his cloak.

Yamato rescued Yaen from the sea, and he pretended to wake from drowning. After Yamato introduced herself as Kozuki Oden, she recounted Oden’s resistance against Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi and his death in the Boiling Punishment, leaving Yaen to hear the story of the man who inspired her.

• Yamato forced seawater from Yaen and prepared to give him artificial respiration, prompting him to wake up.
• Yaen thanked Yamato for saving him, and she introduced herself as Kozuki Oden, determined to liberate Wano Country.
• Yaen explained that Kozuki Oden had been a powerful member of the Roger Pirates, delighting Yamato and prompting her to ask about his deeds.
• Yamato recounted how Oden fought Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, endured public humiliation to protect hostages, and led his nine retainers against the Beast Pirates.
• Yamato described how a user of the Manga Manga Fruit enabled Kaido to ambush Oden, then told Yaen how Oden died enduring the Boiling Punishment while saving his retainers.

Yaen learned from Yamato that Dragon had killed Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, and agreed to help her confront him. As they discussed Yamato’s plans to liberate Wano Country, Yaen noticed the Seastone Cuffs Kaido had placed on her.

• Yamato told Yaen that Dragon had appeared in Wano Country and claimed to have defeated Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.
• Yaen explained that Dragon had once been a Marine before deserting and founding the Revolutionary Army.
• Yaen agreed to help Yamato deal with Dragon, partly to repay her for saving his life.
• Yamato declared that she and Yaen were partners, while Yaen tried to clarify that he was a Marine.
• Yamato described her plan to gather strength, remove her cuffs, and kill Dragon, and Yaen recognized the cuffs as Seastone.

Yaen learned that Yamato was a powerful Devil Fruit User and urged her to verify Kaido’s supposed death before trusting Dragon’s account. As they headed for Onigashima to investigate and search for the key to her Seastone cuffs, Vice Admiral Tsuru struggled to respond to Dragon’s sudden takeover of Wano and continued searching for Yaen.

• Yamato told Yaen that she had eaten a Devil Fruit as a child, and Yaen realized her strength was far greater than he had assumed.
• Yaen questioned whether Kaido was truly dead, and Yamato agreed to return to Onigashima to check and look for the key to her cuffs.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru received reports that Dragon had claimed to kill Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, then alerted Marine Headquarters and the World Government and expanded the search for Yaen.
• Yamato rowed Yaen toward Onigashima at remarkable speed and told him to remove his wet clothes before they arrived.

Yaen and Yamato reached Onigashima and found the island devastated after a battle. They followed signs of living people to a large pit, where Revolutionary Army members were forcing cuffed Beast Pirates to dig.

• Yaen told Yamato that he had come to Wano Country to defeat Kaido and claimed his Marine fleet had sunk in a maritime disaster.
• Yamato and Yaen saw that more than half of Onigashima had disappeared and that the island bore widespread damage and bloodstains.
• Yaen detected living presences to the southeast, and he and Yamato cautiously made their way toward them.
• Yaen and Yamato found Revolutionary Army members guarding cuffed Beast Pirates who were digging in a large pit.

Yaen persuaded Yamato to search for the key to her Seastone Cuffs while he coordinated with Corazon to steer her toward evidence of the World Government’s dealings with the Beast Pirates. He planned to shape Yamato into Wano Country’s hero, and Corazon was unsettled by how completely Yaen had mapped out her future.

• Yaen stopped Yamato from rushing the Revolutionary Army and convinced her that freeing herself from her Seastone Cuffs would improve their chances.
• Yamato went to search for the key, leaving Yaen to watch the Revolutionary Army soldiers.
• Corazon told Yaen that CP0 was heading to Onigashima to keep evidence of the World Government’s dealings with the Beast Pirates from being exposed.
• Yaen explained that he intended to reveal part of the truth to Yamato and build her into Wano Country’s hero.
• Corazon privately reflected that Yaen had become far more frightening and calculating since gaining power from the Lord of the Void.

Yaen and Corazon discussed Yaen’s childhood dream and the possibility of Hancock or Yamato becoming the Strongest Woman in the World, while a Marine newspaper published a distorted account of the battle in Wano Country. Shanks and Mihawk reviewed the report, and Shanks identified Teffimoe Yaen as the Marine who had brought him down.

• Yaen told Corazon that he still hoped Hancock would help him fulfill his dream of marrying the Strongest Woman in the World.
• Corazon joked that Yamato might have greater potential than Hancock, and Yaen warned that Hancock could hear them through the body Corazon occupied.
• A newspaper claimed the Marines had defeated Kaido and Shanks, blamed Mihawk for Shanks’s escape, and omitted that the Marines had ambushed the pirate crews.
• Mihawk joined the badly injured Red-Haired Pirates to protect them, and Shanks told him that Teffimoe Yaen had forced him down even at the peak of his power.

Shanks and Mihawk discussed Yaen’s terrifying strength before Shanks received news that Kaido had been killed and Yaen had gone missing in a whirlpool. The Marines and World Government had begun to presume Yaen was dead, leaving the Red-Haired Pirates stunned by the unlikely report.

• Shanks told Mihawk that he believed Yaen had avoided a direct clash because he had not wanted to fight, and considered how formidable Yaen’s combat abilities were.
• Shanks received a Den Den Mushi call and announced that Kaido was dead, shocking Mihawk and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Shanks revealed that Dragon had killed Kaido and the Revolutionary Army had wiped out the Beast Pirates in a surprise attack.
• Shanks explained that Yaen had been swallowed by a massive whirlpool in Wano Country’s inland sea and had been missing for two days.
• Mihawk doubted that a maritime disaster could have killed a powerhouse like Yaen.

After Kaido's death made Wano Country the focus of the sea, Izo asked Whitebeard to let him return there alone to fulfill his duty to the Kozuki family. Whitebeard granted his request and announced Izo's return, while Charlotte Linlin reacted furiously to news of Kaido's death.

• Whitebeard reflected on Kozuki Oden's connection to Wano Country as Izo asked permission to return and restore peace there.
• Jozu warned Izo that returning to Wano Country alone was dangerous, but Izo insisted he had to fulfill his responsibility without putting the Whitebeard Pirates at risk.
• Whitebeard approved Izo's departure, ordered Marco to prepare a ship and food, and announced that his son would visit Wano Country.
• Charlotte Linlin heard that Kaido was dead and grew furious as the Big Mom Pirates commanders feared her reaction.
• Charlotte Linlin suddenly remembered something and searched inside her clothes for an object.

Charlotte Linlin learned that Kaido was alive and sent Snack and Cracker to find and rescue him, while the Big Mom Pirates turned back toward the Whole Cake Sea. On Onigashima, Yamato found Kaido’s hidden chest and opened a booklet before two figures approached from behind.

• Perospero examined Kaido’s Vivre Card and concluded that Kaido was alive, though his vitality seemed suppressed and the card pointed away from Wano Country.
• Charlotte Linlin gave Snack and Cracker a piece of Kaido’s Vivre Card and ordered them to find him, then turned the Big Mom Pirates fleet back toward the Whole Cake Sea.
• Kuzan watched the fleet change course and followed it from a distance, unsure whether the retreat was genuine or a scheme.
• Kaido awoke inside a bubble-wrapped stone stele and angrily vowed to tear Yaen, Dragon, Corazon, Hancock, and the others apart.
• Yamato dug through the ruins of Kaido’s room, found a chest containing a key and several booklets, and began reading one as two shadows loomed behind her.

Yamato confronted two white-suited masked agents who had taken records of Kaido’s dealings, and fought off a male agent whose enzyme ability dissolved her muscles. She defeated him with Thunder Bagua and demanded that the remaining woman explain the booklets.

• The two white-suited masked agents took most of the booklets from a box and realized one record was missing.
• Yamato revealed she had the missing booklet and refused to hand it over, saying it belonged to Kaido.
• The white-suited man attacked Yamato with Six Powers techniques and used his Enzyme-Enzyme Fruit ability to dissolve her muscles.
• Yamato avoided his next attack and struck him with Thunder Bagua, knocking him unconscious.
• Yamato pinned the white-suited man underfoot and demanded that the woman explain the booklets.

Yamato questioned a white-suited CP0 woman about World Government weapons and Seastone records, but the woman had stalled for a recovered partner to attack. As the two CP0 agents pressed their assault, Yaen refused Corazon’s request to intervene and prepared Shinsō.

• Yamato took the transaction records from the white-suited woman and learned CP0 had come to keep them from the Revolutionary Army.
• The white-suited man seized Yamato’s ankle and began dissolving its muscles and tendons while the woman attacked with a hidden blade.
• Yamato was left badly wounded and unable to raise her left foot, but continued fighting the two CP0 agents.
• Corazon asked Yaen whether they should help Yamato, but Yaen refused, saying she needed to learn the consequences of underestimating intelligence.
• Yaen transformed his Zanpakutō into Shinsō while Yamato remained in danger.

Yamato transformed into her Makami form and defeated the two CP0 agents, though one escaped her attack and was killed by Corazon. The booklet the agents had fought over was only bait, and Yamato rushed toward the uproar at Onigashima’s central pit.

• Yaen watched Yamato’s battle and wondered whether she had become strong enough to survive on the sea.
• The CP0 agents overwhelmed the injured Yamato with attacks, but she transformed into her Makami form and tore the man in the white suit apart.
• Yamato pursued the woman in the white suit and froze the ground with Ice Fang, but the woman escaped into the sea.
• Yamato noticed commotion at the central pit on Onigashima and rushed toward it.
• Corazon killed the woman in the white suit as she crawled from the ice, while the booklet she carried was revealed to be bait.

Yamato rescued Yaen from Revolutionary Army soldiers, then confronted their Chief of Staff, Issho. Issho explained that the Revolutionary Army’s presence in Wano Country was meant to prevent other powers from exploiting it, leaving Yamato to reconsider her demand that they withdraw.

• Yamato transformed into her Great Wolf God Form and rushed to Yaen, knocking away the Revolutionary Army soldiers pursuing him.
• Yaen admired Yamato’s white fur, and she questioned him about his remark before asking why he had exposed himself to danger.
• Yaen pointed out Issho among the Revolutionary Army soldiers, and Yamato sensed the blind man’s formidable presence.
• Issho introduced himself as the Revolutionary Army’s temporary Chief of Staff and asked why Yamato and Yaen had entered Onigashima.
• Yamato argued that the Revolutionary Army should leave Wano Country, but Issho warned that its exposed borders would leave it vulnerable to the World Government or pirates.

Yamato reconsidered Issho’s warning that Wano Country could be seized by the World Government or other pirates, while Yaen and Issho debated the Revolutionary Army and the Marines. As both sides prepared for a possible fight, Yamato chose to ask what the Revolutionary Army was making the Beast Pirates do.

• Yamato found Issho’s warning about Wano Country more credible after considering CP0’s actions and the World Government’s interest in the country.
• Yaen accused Issho of defending the Revolutionary Army’s seizure of Wano Country, then offered to vouch for Issho if he joined the Marines.
• Issho thanked Yaen but declined to leave the Revolutionary Army, saying he could not switch sides so easily.
• Issho questioned why Yaen was with Yamato, and Yaen explained that she had saved him and was not a pirate.
• Issho prepared to resist if Yaen and Yamato planned to attack the Revolutionary Army, while Yaen urged Yamato to consider negotiation.
• Yamato avoided starting a fight and asked what the Revolutionary Army was forcing the Beast Pirates to do.

After the Revolutionary Army withdrew from Onigashima, Yaen helped Yamato cover herself after noticing her tattered clothes left her exposed. Yamato remained unaware of the issue and accepted Yaen’s claim that proper samurai observed etiquette, leaving him to insist she not imitate Kozuki Oden’s naked jump.

• Issho recognized Yaen’s reason for coming and withdrew the Revolutionary Army from Onigashima with his forces.
• Yamato returned to human form and asked Yaen whether he was famous enough in the Outer Sea to make Issho retreat.
• Yaen noticed Yamato’s tattered clothes exposed her, and he awkwardly pointed this out to her.
• Yamato misunderstood Yaen’s concern and pulled open his clothes while checking whether he was injured.
• Yaen gave Yamato a strip of cloth to wrap around herself and explained why she should cover up.
• Yamato complained that the wrapping affected her breathing and movement, while Yaen told her that clothing etiquette was part of being a samurai and not to imitate Oden’s naked jump.

Issho withdrew the Revolutionary Army from Onigashima after Yamato and Yaen appeared, while Dragon warned him that Yaen was too dangerous to confront directly. Yaen followed Yamato to the freed Beast Pirates, where Jack and Sasaki tried to stop her from preventing them from rescuing Kaido, but they recoiled in fear when Yaen arrived.

• Issho reported to Dragon that he had abandoned the Beast Pirates remnants and withdrawn to protect his comrades from Yamato and Yaen.
• Dragon ordered Issho to return to the Flower Capital and warned that even the two of them might not defeat Yaen.
• Yaen followed Yamato as she hurried toward the Beast Pirates remnants, privately thinking about helping her recruit them as future subordinates.
• Jack and Sasaki confronted Yamato, who declared Kaido dead and threatened to defeat anyone who tried to cause destruction in Wano Country.
• Yaen arrived behind Yamato, and Jack and Sasaki recognized the Hero of the Marines, Teffimoe Yaen, and stepped back in fear.

Jack and Sasaki recognized Yaen and asked him to rescue Kaido, King, and Queen from the Revolution Army. Yamato claimed Yaen was her underling and pressed him to admit their relationship, while Yaen insisted their bond was pure and warned the pirates to be grateful he had not arrested them.

• Yamato challenged Jack and Sasaki, but Jack silenced the Beast Pirates remnants after one threatened Yaen.
• Jack dropped to his knees and begged Yamato to help rescue Kaido, King, and Queen from the Revolution Army.
• Yaen revealed that Jack had actually been asking him for help, and he refused to promise aid as a Marine.
• Sasaki asked Yamato about her relationship with Yaen, and she claimed he was her underling.
• Yamato urged Yaen to admit their relationship, mentioning that she had wrapped her chest for him, while Jack and Sasaki reacted with shock.
• Yaen said his relationship with Yamato was pure and told the Beast Pirates remnants to be grateful he had not arrested them.

Yaen learned from Jack that the Revolutionary Army had captured King, Queen, and other Beast Pirates officers for experiments, while Kaido might still be alive. As the Beast Pirates considered seeking revenge in Wano, Yaen drew his Zanpakutō and demanded that they surrender or die.

• Jack explained that Kaido’s forces had fled a battle with the Red-Haired Pirates and returned to Wano, where the Revolutionary Army defeated them.
• Jack said he had seen Revolutionary Army members carry King, Queen, and other officers toward a laboratory, and believed Kaido had survived as well.
• Yaen told Yamato and Jack he would report the suspected experiments and try to locate the laboratory, while privately accepting the captives’ use in the Bio-Evolutionary Factor Research Project.
• Sasaki suggested the laboratory might be in Wano, and Yamato argued that the Beast Pirates’ real motive was revenge for their defeat.
• Yaen drew his Zanpakutō and ordered the remaining Beast Pirates to either die beneath his blade or submit to Seastone chains.